I said it elsewhere, but it's almost like they looked at the market research showing Steam PC gamers would buy a gazillion Steam Controller 2s or Steam Deck Controllers if they made and sold either one, or both.

And then they decided to make something that was neither one of those things. It's totally bizarre.

50?

So they left out vibration so it wouldn't be the usual 60?

Those savings don't take the price down to "will buy" they take the featureset down to "will never buy".

No vibration at all? That's a really strange choice...

Mmm… seems rather mediocre. I am personally a big fan of the 8bitdo ultimate line

It’s funny that it doesn’t have a headphone jack but it clearly has a little notch in the center where those usually go

Useless without trackpads. I can just use any other controller instead of this.

What’s the point of an official Deck controller if it doesn’t have touchpads?

Looks ugly as fuck and is missing pretty standard features but thanks for trying, I guess?

I hope this prompts other companies like 8bitdo and King Kong to make their own Steam-first gamepads

Ah yes, the four horse-controllers of the apocalypse — Xbox, PlayStation, Gamecube, and Mountain Dew

No vibration is a strange choice given that Nintendo and Sony went out of their way to make that much better in recent years.

Lack of trackpad is more understandable. Sony have had that for two generations now, and I've never really seen it used as anything other than a big Select button. I bounced off the Steam Controller simply because games designed for controllers feel much better with thumbsticks. If I want to play a mouse controlled game like Civ, I will use a mouse. Even from my sofa.

Idk what it has that a DualSense (PS5 controller) doesn't

^say^ ^what^ ^you^ ^will^ ^about^ ^sony^ ^but^ ^god^ ^DAMN^ ^that^ ^controller^ ^is^ ^good^

I seem to be in the unpopular opinion camp with this, but I actually really like it. I am a huge fan of the gyro+stick combo with touch capacitance, and this is the only controller to release with that steam deck touch capacitance feature. Biggest criticism I have for it is the lack of vibration, but im optimistic about this controller

Hori in shambles after learning they could have had a button bound to recording

Hal effect or GTFO

I mean I hate that the steam controller is missing an entire thumb stick and a dpad, but I like the touchpad too. This just seems like an PS4 controller.

I prefer the PS5/SteamDeck joystick layout to the Xbox/Switch layout but I’m addicted to back paddles now — I even got 3rd party joycons for Switch that have two (and also are as thick as the Steam Deck so it feels familiar when I jump over to play Zelda or whatever).

They’re BINBOK controllers and have been great for my needs in handheld mode. The back paddles aren’t fully programmable and I think there’s some features missing but nothing I really notice. And they’ve probably lasted longer than the official Joycons.

What I’d really like is a controller that’s basically just the deck without a screen.

I recently got an 8BitDo ultimate but so far I've only managed to get mint to pick it up as "generic Xbox controller".

When it's working properly, best controller ever.

I still have my Steam Controller but I was itching for better Gyro after playing with Steam Deck so I picked up PS5 controller for PC after doing some research.

I like the PS5 one quite a lot, it does have nice upgrades over the Steam Controller like the adaptive triggers which work only in some games though and the haptics are sooo much better... But the battery life is a complete joke, it's really annoying.

With SC I've just chucked in two AA batteries and was set for 3 months+ with PS5 controller I can barely get 10h with haptics and got around 15h without haptics.... And it takes ages to charge too...

The only appeal of this new controller is the touch stick for gyro but other than that this seems quite lackluster imo.

The first controller other than the Steam Controller with 4 back buttons that work with steam input I am buying. It seems this isn't the one yet and I am assuming these custom buttons are in the front (they didn't show the back at all). 🥲